Life with Vista has changed dramatically since my last post.\u00a0 You see after uninstalling Norton from my computer after their attempt to automatically ‘renew my subscription’ by default – the cheek of it – I looked for alternate virus software.<\/p>\n
The new one is from McAfee called the Total Protection suit.\u00a0 This combination of programs claims to protect you from all nasties that hang around the internet.\u00a0 I bought the versions with multiple user licenses.<\/p>\n
There aren’t too many really positive reviews about this piece of software so I wasn’t sure – but the fact that I do not take online reviews as truth – especially from print magazines these days I bought it anyway.\u00a0 Secretly their comments did effect me but I installed it anyway.\u00a0\u00a0 I prefer user reviews these days.<\/p>\n
So here’s my review of the Norton Total Protection Suite 2008.<\/p>\n
First I turned of all networking and internet connections.
\nUninstalled Norton with norton removal tool and checked to ensure everything was removed.
\nI then selected install the version from disc rather than downloading another over the internet.
\nInstalling Mcafee software was simple and much quicker than the Norton.
\nYou have to register for automatic virus and software updates.
\nTotal proctection had many prompts about wanting you to send anonamyous virus info to them.
\nThere are about 8 separate products you can install form the suite.
\nYou must choose Mcafee Security Center – that’s the control panel for all the programs.
\nApart from that I only chose Mcafee Anti-virus and the firewall.
\nVista already various malware programs running so didn’t bother with the others.
\nI may install the others at a later date.<\/p>\n
Connected the internet connection back on.
\nOnce installed the program went about the process of registration – not intrusive just name and email address.
\nThen the program went about downloading the latest updates.
\nEverything went smoothly.<\/p>\n
About 15 minutes later everything was updated.
\nI rebooted and cheers.<\/p>\n
I was also impressed that the Vista and the computer appeared to worked faster than with Norton installed.<\/p>\n
I’ll report next month on whether everything is still working.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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